Baking-pan.



I. A. DURKEE. BAKING PAN. APPLICATION men DEC. 15, van.

1 ,283A82B Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

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Speeification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed December-15, 1917. Serial No. 207,296.

To all whom it may come Be it known that I, INnz A. DURKEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Granite, in the county of Grant and State of regon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baking-Pans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved baking pan and the frincipal object of'the V invention is to provi e a baking pan so constructed that a loaf of bread may be baked without excessive crust being formed and further so constructed that crust formed may be kept soft and prevented from hardening.

other object of the invention is to provide an improved type of dough receptacle or baking pan and to further provide an improved type of frame for carrying the pan and permltting heat to circulate about the pan.

' Another object of the invention is to so construct this frame that smaller receptacles containing water may be carried in the ame which water will be converted into steam thus supplying the necessary moisture to prevent the crust the bread is baking. I

Another object of this invention is to so construct the frame and dough receptacles that the receptacles may be removed from the frame for easy cleaning.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the im= proved device with one of the water receptacles and dough receptacles shown in section,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of device, I

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the improved device,

Fig. 4 is a top plan view showing a sli htly modified construction.

This baking device includes a frame or basket, dough receptacle or containers and water rece tacles or containers which are positioned 1n the frame "or basket adjacent zhe dough containers that the steam will lave ready access to the doughthus preventng burning or hardening of the crust. The iasket is provided with rings or collars md 11 carried by supporting standards or egs extending upwardly from the base rods 3 and bent to rovide elevating seats 14 which are provi ed to permit heat to cirfrom hardening while the improved sockets being surrounded culate beneath the baking pan. These rings or collars are connected by bracing rods 15 wh ch serve to hold the rings in the proper positlon. From an inspection of Figs. 2 and 4, it will be seen that the arrangement of the rings may be made accordingto the desires particular shape of basket being necessary. It is desired however, that the collars for h'o ding the liquid receptacles 16 be placed h collars or sockets carrying thedough receptacles 17 placed about the liquidrece tacles 16 so that the steam may be even y distributed. These receptacles are rovided wit grooves 18 and 19 into whic l. fit the rings 10 and 11 th danger of the receptacles accidentally slipping out of place. The rings of the dough receptacles will further serve as measurin marks showing the amount of dough to be placed in the receptacles.

en in use, dough will be receptacles l7 and allowed to rise. Dough rises. better if it is held against side expansion and as these dough receptacles are deep in comparison with their diameter, the

placed in the or the necessary length of time, the liquid receptacles 11 will be filled with water and the pan will then be placed in the oven. The

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us serving to prevent of t e person constructing the. "basket, no l feet 14 will serve to raise the basket from the bottom of the oven thus permittin the heat to reach the bottoms of ceptacles and have. a good The heat of the oven will convert the water of the water receptacles into steam thus moistening the air in the oven and thuspreventing the crust from burning or hardening from too %uick a baking. When the bread has been aked, the pans or dough receptacles may be moved from the basket and the device can then be easily and thoroughly cleaned. The water receptacles and dough receptacles can then be put back in place and the device is then ready for use.

at is claimed is 1. A baking device com rising a basket, having elevating feet and provided with relatively large and'small sockets, the small by the large sockets, dough receptacles mounted in the large sockets and water receptacles mounted in the small sockets. A 2. A baking device comprising a basket,

having relatively large sockets and relatively small sockets surrounded by the relatively large sockets, water receptacles in the relatively small sockets and dough receptacles in the relatively large sockets.

3. A baking device comprising a having rings forming collars, ing their end portions and connected with the collars to provide supporting standards for the collars, bracing rods connecting the collars, and recep tacles fitting into the collars and provided with annular grooves forming seats'to receive the collars.

basket base rods havextended upwardly device comprising a 4. A baking basket including rlngs forming collars, and recgpd e tacles fitting within the collars and provi with the collars.

5. A baking ing basket including a large connecting said rings annular grooves receiving the rings of a plurality of relatively small receptacle receiving rings connected with certain of i said brace rods and surrounded by said larger rings.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

INEZ A. DURKEE.

Witnesses W. E. NARKANS,

C. W. Lone. 

